"Charts of the United States Japan Expedition" (Portfolio of 14 maps), 1853 - 1855

Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

1. "Chart of the World showing the track of the U.S. Steam Frigates Mississippi, Susquehanna and Powhatan as flagships of the Japan Squadron under command of Commodore M. C. Perry, U.S.N., 1853-1854" 2. "Endermo Harbor, Island of Jesso surveyed by order of Commodore M. C. Perry U.S.N. by Acting Master C. A. Stevens and Medshipman R. L. May of the U.S.S. Southampton, J. J. Boyle, Lieut. Com., 1854" 3. "The Harbor of Hakodadi, Yesso Id. Japan. Surveyed by order of Commodore M. C. Perry, U.S.N. by Lieutenant W. L. Maury, G. H. Preble, S. Nicholson & A. Barbot in 1854." 4. "Simoda Harbor, I. of Nippon, Surveyed by order of Commodore M. C. Perry U.S.N. by Lieut. W. L. Maury, Acting Lieut. A. Barbot, Lieut. S. Bent, Acting Mr. G. V. Denniston, Lieut. S. Nicholson, Pd. Mdn. T. T. Houston in 1854." 5. "Reconnoissance of the Gulf And survey of the Western Shore of the Bay of Yedo, by order of Commodore M. C. Perry U.S.N. by Lieut. W. L. Maury and other officers of the U.S. Japan Expedition in 1853-54." 6. "Bay of Yedo, surveyed by order of Commodore M. C. Perry U.S.N. by Lieut. Wm. L. Maury and other officers of the Japan Expedition, 1854." 7. "The coffin Islands, Surveyed by order of Commodore M. C. Perry U.S.N. by Lieut. G. B. Balch, G. H. Cooper & L. A. Beardslee Mid. of the U.S. Ship Plymouth, commander John Kelly U.S.N., 1854" 8. "Keelung Harbor, Mofrmosa Island Surveyed by order of Commodore M. C. Perry U.S.N. by Lieut. G. H. Preble & Pd. Md. Walter E. Jones in the U.S. Ship Macedonian, Capt. J. Abbot, 1854." 9. "Shah Bay, Lew Chew I. Surveyed by order of Commodore M. C. Perry U.S.N. by Lieut. W. B. Whiting and Alph. Barbot of the U.S. Ship Vandalia, J. Pope Commr., 1853." 10. "(Lew Chew) Tubootch & Suco Harbors surveyd Jan'y 1854 by Lieuts. William B. Whiting and Alphonse Barbot U.S.N. belonging to U.S. Ship Vandalia, John Pope Commander, by order of Commodore Matthew C. Perry Commanding U.S. Naval Forces in East Indies, China and Japan Seas." 11. "Island of Lew Chew Surveyed by order of Commodore M. C. Perry U>S>N> by W. B. Whiting, Silas Bent, G.B. Balch, I. Mathews & A. Barbot, Lieutenants U.S.N. in 1853-54." 12. "The Harbor of Napha Lew Chew Id. Surveyed by order ofCommodore M.C. Perry U.S.N. by Lieut. S. Bent, assisted by F. S. Conover, J.W. Bennet and D. Ochiltree, Act. Masters; J. H. March, E. H. Grey, Pd. Midshipman; O.F. Stanton, W. F. Boardman, Midshipmen, 1853." 13. "Lew Chew Id. Deep Bay Surveyed by Order of Commodore M. C. Perry U.S.N. by Lts. W. B. Whiting and A. Barbot, U.S. Ship Vandalia, J. Pope, Commander, 1853-54." 14. "Chart of the Coast of China and of the Japan Islands including the Marianes and a part of the Philippines compiled by order of Commodore M. C. Perry U.S.N. from the latest authorities with additions and corrections by the U. S. Japan Expedition by Lieuts. W. L. Maury and S. Bent, U.S.N., 1855."

Dates

1853 - 1855

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